Getting Rid of Gout

Second Edition

Bryan Emmerson

Effective prevention of gout requires a sufferer to understand their condition. If control of the elevated urate concentration can be achieved either by dietary modifications or by regular medications, gout attacks will cease and there will be no further complications. The new edition discusses current concepts concerning the role of diet in gout and reveals goals and directions for treatment and prevention.

Getting Rid of Gout

Second Edition

Bryan Emmerson

Description

Anyone suffering from this traumatic arthritic condition will fully appreciate the new edition of Getting Rid of Gout. Included in the new sections are updated dietary guidelines, including current research on the role of diet in preventing gout, and a description of the new medications available for its treatment.

Bryan Emmerson, a recognised authority on gout, argues that if control of the elevated concentrations of uric acid can be achieved through either diet or medication modifications, gout attacks will cease and there will be no further complications. He goes on to outline how effective prevention of gout requires sufferers to understand their condition, one that can be a result of both genetic and lifestyle factors.

Written in an
understandable and sympathetic manner with the aid of diagrams and cartoons, Getting Rid of Gout offers sensible advice and dispels the popular fallacies about the nature and causes of gout.

Getting Rid of Gout

Second Edition

Bryan Emmerson

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Gout from the earliest times2. What is gout? Acute, recurrent and chronic gout3. Urate (or uric acid) in the body4. Hyperuricaemia5. What causes Hyperuricaemia?6. Urate crystal formation7. Gout and the kidney8. Gout and the blood vessels9. How to manage your gout?10. Medication used to treat an acute attack of gout11. Preventing gout by correcting hyperuricaemia12. Bringing your urate concentrations down to normal13. Questions and answers about goutIndex